BILL NUMBER: AB 163	CHAPTERED  09/30/08

	CHAPTER  647
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 2, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mendoza

                        JANUARY 22, 2007

   An act to add Section 19965 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to gambling.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 163, Mendoza. Gambling: local ordinances.
   The Gambling Control Act authorizes a city or county to permit
controlled gambling, consistent with state law, if a majority of
voters affirmatively approve an ordinance so permitting, as
specified. That law authorizes an amendment of an ordinance
permitting an expansion of gambling, within a specified limit,
without voter approval, and also authorizes, without voter approval,
an amendment to an ordinance permitting an increase of 24.99% in the
number of gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling
establishment or 2 gambling tables, whichever is greater, compared to
the ordinance in effect on January 1, 1996.
   This bill would further authorize a city or county, without voter
approval, to amend an ordinance to increase the number of gambling
tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment by 3 tables
if the ordinance in effect on July 1, 2007, provided for 5 to 8
tables, and by 4 tables if the ordinance in effect on July 1, 2007,
provided for 9 to 12 tables.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 19965 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   19965.  Notwithstanding Sections 19961 and 19962, a city, county,
or city and county may amend an ordinance to increase the number of
gambling tables that may be operated in a gambling establishment as
follows:
   (a) If the ordinance in effect on July 1, 2007, provided for five
to eight tables, inclusive, the amended ordinance may allow an
increase of three tables.
   (b) If the ordinance in effect on July 1, 2007, provided for nine
to 12 tables, inclusive, the amended ordinance may allow an increase
of four tables.